Figurative Lang.
A comparison between 2 unlikely things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
a fictitious name, usually used by an author
What is a pseudonym?
What is TTQA?
Who are Percy's 2 antagonists in chapter 1?
Who is Nancy Bobofit and Mrs. Dodds?
3 Headed dog that guards the underworld
Who is Cerberus?
Giving human traits to non human things
What is personification?
A tool with a long curved blade, usually used for cutting crops.
What is a scythe?
What is the evidence?
When Percy eavesdrops on Mr. Brunner and Grover's conversation, he refers to a "kindly one"; he's talking about....
Who is Mrs. Dodds?
Monster with 9 heads that can regrow each head
What is the Hydra?
"His eyes were burning coals." (Page 50)
What is a metaphor?
"This shows" or "This proves" are examples of....
what is a transition phrase/word for the Reason?
Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos are...
Who are the Fates?
Goddess of rainbows
Who is Iris?
"A few second later I heard a slow clop-clop-clop..."
What is onomatopoeia?
identify the word parts in DISGORGED (must identify all 3)
base word- gorge
suffix- ed
TTQA the following question: What does Percy think of Mr. Brunner in this excerpt from chapter 5?
In the excerpt from chapter 5, Percy thinks Mr. Brunner is....
Percy thinks Mr. Brunner is________ in this excerpt from chapter 5.
Must have said ONE of the two answers above.
"________ could sniff out money like a bloodhound"
Who is Smelly Gabe?
Satyrs like Grover are companions to these divine beings... (must mention the 2 deities)
Who are Pan and Dionysus?
A type of language that is used by authors to help the reader visualize a story, it is not literal.
What is the definition of figurative language?
In the word "Hooves" the meaning of the suffix -es is.....
makes the noun plural
In the Reason you must include....
HOW your evidence supports your claim.
What is upstate New York?
Son of Daedalus who flew too close to the sun
Who is Icarus?